skip to main content
OSTI.GOV title logo U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Title: Program and Poster Abstracts from the Workshop on the Formation and Growth of Atmospheric Aerosols

Conference ·
OSTI ID:901825
 [1];  [2]
  1. Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (United States). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
  2. Univ. of Helsinki (Finland). Dept. of Physics. Division of Atmospheric Sciences

DOE provided $11,000 to sponsor the Workshop on New Particle Formation in the Atmosphere, which was held at The Riverwood Inn and Conference Center near Minneapolis, MN from September 7 to 9, 2006. Recent work has shown that new particle formation is an important atmospheric process that must be better understood due to its impact on cloud cover and the Earth's radiation balance. The conference was an informal gathering of atmospheric and basic scientists with expertise pertinent to this topic. The workshop included discussions of: • atmospheric modeling; • computational chemistry pertinent to clustering; • ions and ion induced nucleation; • basic laboratory and theoretical studies of nucleation; • studies on neutral molecular clusters; • interactions of organic compounds and sulfuric acid; • composition of freshly nucleated particles. Fifty six scientists attended the conference. They included 27 senior scientists, 9 younger independent scientists (assistant professor or young associate professor level), 7 postdocs, 13 graduate students, 10 women, 35 North Americans (34 from the U.S.), 1 Asian, and 20 Europeans. This was an excellent informal workshop on an important topic. An effort was made to include individuals from communities that do not regularly interact. A number of participants have provided informal feedback indicating that the workshop led to research ideas and possible future collaborations. This document includes abstracts from this workshop.

Research Organization:
Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
DOE Contract Number:
FG02-06ER64274
OSTI ID:
901825
Report Number(s):
DOE/ER-64274-1; TRN: US201004%%128
Resource Relation:
Conference: Workshop on the Formation and Growth of Atmospheric Aerosols, Minneapolis, MN (United States), 7-9 Sep 2006
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English